The Second Cold War
July 28, 2023

It is as official as thinktanks and academics can determine: a new cold war exists, this time in Asia between Nippon and Shina. Some contribute Nippon's intervention in the Xinjiang revolution and the New Left's rise in Shina as primary factors, but others suggest this new reality would exist regardless of either of those events occurring.

The PTDO's official position is that it is a defensive alliance, but Shina claims it is an aggressive affront to her rightful territories in the South China Sea and the East China Sea. Taiwan is a main sticking point: Nippon no longer sees Taiwan as a separate arm of Shina but as a completely independent nation, and Nippon is treating it as such.

Nippon's growing economy is also angering Shina. Shina is suffering from severe capital flight as international investors flee the country and invest instead in Nippon. Shina views this as economic warfare, but Nippon asserts that it is the reality of global politics at this point.

Nippon, of course, is correct that she has done nothing to deserve this cold war being thrust upon it. Shina aggression, as always, continues to threaten the future and course of mankind. This new cold war is simply an extension of the imperialistic Shina attitudes it exhibited before the Taiwan War.

Shina has taken its beatings and continues to wave its sword, and Nippon ultimately will be the one to finish her off.